Joe Grace
Personal information
Full name Joseph Patrick Grace
Date of birth (1878-10-09)9 October 1878
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 5 September 1919(1919-09-05) (aged 40)
Place of death Perth, Western Australia
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1900 Fitzroy 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1900.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joseph Patrick Grace (9 October 1878 – 5 September 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy.[1]

Family

The son of Thomas Grace, and Julia Grace, née O'Callaghan, Joseph Patrick Grace was born in Richmond, Victoria on 9 October 1878. He was the brother of Fitzroy footballers Jim Grace and Mick Grace.

He married Annie Jane Smith (1879-1951) in 1905. She later remarried, becoming Mrs. Joseph McCormick. She died at Manly, New South Wales on 16 April 1951.[2]

Death

Employed as an insurance agent, he died in Perth Hospital on 5 September 1919.[3]

Sources

References

Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim, The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Bas Publishing, (Melbourne, Victoria), 2014. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

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